The sun was about to rise on Farmer Tim's farm. Chester Chicken woke up the cows with his important news.
'The chickens are taking a holiday today,' Chester Chicken said.
'Is that so?' said Daisy the cow. 'What is the special occasion?'
农夫提姆的农场里，太阳就要升起来了，小鸡切斯特把奶牛们叫醒，要告诉她们一个重要的消息。
“今天鸡群们要去度假了。”小鸡切斯特说。
“真的吗？”奶牛黛西问，“今天是什么日子啊？”
'We worked too hard this week,' Chester said.
'You did?' asked Daisy.
'Yes! We laid ten eggs this week,' Chester said, 'and there are only five of us.'
Daisy smiled and nodded her head. Ten was a lot of eggs for five chickens.
'Enjoy your day off,' she said.
'But what about us?' the other cows said to Daisy. 'We gave Farmer Tim 100 pails of milk this week. There are only ten of us!'
Daisy agreed with the cows too. 100 pails of milk would make a lot of cheese.
'But we can't take a holiday on the same day as the chickens,' Daisy said. 'What would Farmer Tim say?'
Daisy and the cows moved over to a patch of grass to have their breakfast.
“因为我们这周工作很努力。”切斯特说。
“真的吗？”黛西问。
“当然！我们这周下了十个蛋。”切斯特说，“而且我们只有五只鸡。”
黛西笑着点了点头，五只鸡下十个蛋确实挺多的。
“好好享受假期吧！”黛西说。
“但是我们怎么办？”一只奶牛对黛西说。“我们这周给农夫提姆挤出了100桶奶呢！而且我们只有十头奶牛！”
黛西也觉得她说的有道理。100桶牛奶能做很多很多奶酪了。
“但是我们不能和鸡群同一天休假啊，”黛西说，“农夫提姆会怎么说？”
黛西和别的奶牛们一起去了旁边的一小块草地上吃早餐。
'The chickens are taking a holiday,' Daisy told the trees. 'And we don't think it's fair.'
The trees were not happy with this news.
'I've dropped over 1,000 apples this season,' one said.
'And I've had a million cherries picked!' said another.
The wind blew and the trees put on their angry faces.
'We deserve a holiday more than the chickens!' the trees shouted together. 'We worked too hard all season.'
This woke up the rake that was sitting on the grass underneath the trees.
'Have you heard the news?' the apple tree asked the rake. 'The chickens are taking a holiday. They think they worked too hard this week.'
The rake stood up and announced its disapproval. 'I raked over one million leaves this year. And there's only one of me! If anyone deserves a holiday it is a poor tired rake.'
“鸡群正在度假，”黛西告诉树木们，“我们觉得这很不公平。”
树木们听到了也很不高兴。
“这一季我结出了1000个苹果，”其中一颗树说。
“我长出了100万颗樱桃！”另一棵树说道。
一阵风吹过，树木们都变得气愤起来。
“我们比鸡群更应该休假！”树木们吼道，“我们全年都在无休止地工作。”
这一声吼叫把正在树下睡觉的耙子惊醒了。
“你听见了吗？”苹果树问耙子，“鸡群正在休假，她们觉得自己这周工作很努力。”
听到这话耙子站了起来，表示反对。“我今天耙了一百万片树叶，而且只有我自己。还有谁比我这个可怜的耙子更应该休假！”
Just then Rowdy Rooster hopped on the fence. He looked up into the sky and began to crow. It was time for the farmer to wake up.
The chickens and cows and trees waited for Farmer Tim to come out and pick up the rake.
But a minute passed and Farmer Tim did not appear.
Rowdy called two more times.
'Call him again,' the chickens yelled to the rooster. 'He must be having a dream.'
Rowdy made one last call and this time Farmer Tim woke up. But he didn't come out and pick up the rake, or milk the cows, or check on the eggs underneath the chickens. Instead he opened the window and shouted loud enough for everyone to hear:
'I worked too hard this week, I say. It's time I took a holiday!'
这时候，公鸡罗迪跳上了篱笆，他看了看天空，然后开始打鸣，农夫起床的时候到了。
鸡群和奶牛们还有树们，都在等待农夫出来拿起耙子。
但是一分钟过去了，农夫提姆还是没有出来。
罗迪又叫了两声。
“再叫他！”鸡群吼道，“他一定还在做梦。”
罗迪又叫了一声，这次农夫提姆终于醒了，但是他还是没有出门拿起耙子，挤牛奶，或是检查鸡们是否下蛋。然而，他打开了窗户，用所有人都能听到的声音喊道：“我这周工作太累了，我说，我要休假了！”
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